Well I've been through about a week of classes here. First of all, the weather has been amazing, between 60 and 70 degrees, clear skies and very very sunny.
I have a PO Box, it's very very tiny but fits regular envelopes and packages have to be picked up when the post office is open which is a pain. But it's PO Box 754021 Fairbanks, AK 99775-4021. It takes me about 10 minutes to walk to class from my apartment which isn't bad especially with the weather. Just have to walk down the street and up a ton of stairs and the engineering building is the closest one. Here's the top and bottom of the stairs I get to walk up, not so bad but it's a pain with all the text books...
Last week there was a day it was clear enough to see Mount McKinley (Denali) off in the distance which is the highest peak in North America, just over 20,000 feet from sea level I think. It actually is bigger than Mt Everest, just not from sea level. McKinley rises about 18,000 feet from ground level where Everest only rises about 12,000 feet. You can barely make it out in this picture but it's about 160miles away.
hahaha you get to go on a nature hike everyday to class. have fun with those stairs in the snow...
ReplyDeleteon the plus side, they probably won't ever be icy because it won't be warm enough for melting and refreezing...